CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 7/30/2024

The importance of fascination, tolerance and creativity in the first children’s board book from Atelier Enfants

In renowned Dutch artist-illustrator Timo Kuilder’s thoughtful new children’s book Pablo Dreams of Cats—the first in Atelier Éditions’ highly-anticipated, fun-yet-sophisticated Atelier Enfants board book series—an artistically-inclined dog named Pablo is fascinated by cats and longs to paint them from life. But other dogs make fun of him—even bully him—about his independent vision, and cats won’t sit still or pose for him anyway because they also distrust and fear dogs. Pablo despairs. He loses inspiration and all seems lost until he meets a beautiful cat with glorious whiskers, a curvy tail and an open mind. Et voilà! A muse is born, masterpieces ensue, and the species begin to feel free to see one another afresh.